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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • usman_galba@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "usman galba" <usman_galba@acasa.ro>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 06:21:47 +0300
Subject: An oportunity for us to invest great in life


>From the desk of Usman Galba
Bill And Exchange Manager
African Development bank (ADB)
TEL: (00226) 78893998
West Africa
Dear Friend,

CONFIDENTIAL

I know that this mail will come to you as a big surprise; I am the bill and
exchange manager in African development bank. I hoped that you will not
expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you
for the mutual benefit of our both families.

In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of 10.5m us dollars in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (Dr. Eric MORGAN) 59
years American citizen who died 11th September 2001with event of terrorist
attack on World Trade Canter.
I need your urgent assistance in transferring the mentioned sum Immediately
to your account, the money has been dormant for years in our bank here
without any body coming for the claim, I don't want the money to go into
our bank treasury as an abandoned or unclaimed fund, so this is the reason
why I contacted you, so that we can release the money to you as the nearest
person to the deceased customer.

please I will like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete if
you are not interested and if you are interested reply and call me for my
urgent attention, upon receipt of your reply, I will send you full details
on how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 30%
of the above mentioned sum if you agree to transact the business with me
and 10% will be for any expenses that will occur during the transfer why I
will have 60% as my own share.

You should contact me immediatly with this e-mail address
( usman_galba@yahoo.fr ) or call me by my private mobile number (00226)
78893998 for more explanations.

Best regards
Usman Galba

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